linux-kernel - Re: [patch] relay: prevent integer overflow in relay

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Date:	Thu, 9 Feb 2012 15:36:17 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	walter harms <wharms@....de>
Cc:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] relay: prevent integer overflow in relay_open()

On Thu, Feb 09, 2012 at 12:55:52PM +0100, walter harms wrote:
> numerical this is ok, but ...
> maybe it is better to cap the chan->n_subbufs at a useful number ?

We considered this question already earlier in the thread.

> The user can still allocate an insane number of bytes.
> Restricting subbuf_size*n_subbufs seems more logical (otherwise is this a real problem ?)
> 

Yes.  It is a real problem.

regards,
dan carpenter


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